Living in southern oklahoma and going to be moving to western part and wandering where other members are located.
BOOMER! N. OKC here.
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I'm in Oregon right now but have family in western OK and make a trip there every year. Where are you moving?
My spot is dewey county almost to the panhandle.
I live in durant now but my wife took a job in Mangum. She or i quess we will be out there and i am going to be back and forth for a while. I don't know anything about that area and have to learn the area.
I am in dale oklahoma that is just west of shawnee
Yea mangum is just N.E. of Altus in Greer county.
Moved us out there this weekend and will be driving quite a bit for my job for a while. Hope to get to know the area and find a place to hunt. May end up at Sandy Sanders WMA for a while. Just hoping to get some info on the area.
Sorry guys Mangum is N.W. of Altus.
I'm in Cheyenne, Roger Mills County. Even farther west than Dewey Co. I'm about 55 miles north of Mangum. :wavey:
Russell, how was Leedey the last time you came back?
Gene
QuoteOriginally posted by huntinut250:
I live in durant now but my wife took a job in Mangum. She or i quess we will be out there and i am going to be back and forth for a while. I don't know anything about that area and have to learn the area.
I was stationed at Altus for 7 years and did quite a bit of hunting there. From Mangum you are very close to Lake Altus and it has quite a bit of public hunting there. Got my first deer with a bow there. You also have public land at Tom Stead resivoir. About an hours drive away is Black Kettle and it is a huge public land area. I hunted and camped there a week at a time. Out of all of them I probably hunted Lake Altus more.
All of the areas I have mentioned have deer, turkey and cotton tail rabbits. I even saw a badger out at lake Altus once.
Yea, there is quite a bit of land there just haven't had a chance yet to look around. I here the hunting is good. Have high hopes just need a little time to see.
bodark, I am looking forward to getting up your way also. I have always wanted to come up to Cheyenne to do some turkey hunting in the spring just a long way from durant. Especially when there is so many places to hunt down here. I quess i wont have any excuses now though will I.
If you want to hunt deer here, you have to knock the turkeys out of the way so you won't trip over them.
And...that is not much of an exaggeration. But don't tell everyone...they'll all want to hunt here. ;)
Pac's post mentions the Black Kettle National Grasslands. About 34,000 acres of that is in Roger Mills County.
If looked at it on the WMA maps and it looks kinda hard to navigate especially as broken up as it is. Is as hard to locate the areas as it appears on the maps?
When I hunted Black Kettle there were small signs with area numbers on it. That hepled me figure out where I was in relation to the map. I don't know if they still use those little signs since the last time I was there was 1999.
Lake Altus public land was fairly easy to navigate. There was a 4 strand fence on the border on the side that I hunted and as long as you didn't cross it you were good to go.
Gene,
Leedey has pretty much been holding the same for quite a few years. Got a few businesses holding on down the main street and people just farming and getting by. If you are familiar with the area my family's place is west of camargo along the river. My extended family is all over that area, especially Leedey.
I like this thread....been missing OK and I'll be headed back before thanksgiving to see what I can see.
You are right about the turkeys where I go too.
sssshhhh.
Russell,
I know many of your family members. They are good friends and good people. I live in OKC.
Allan
'preciate it Allan. Unfortunately I don't get to spend enough time there anymore but I love the time I do go. Funny we still refer to Leedey as "out west" because I grew up mostly around Kingfisher. I live in Oregon and call dewey county "out west"...figure that one out.
People here think it's funny that I miss things about Oklahoma too. I guess beauty is in the eye of beholder. I love Oregon and it is more striking and I love the mountains but I can wonder our land in Oklahoma just as long...and i don't get as lost.
I'm in Cheyenne, Roger Mills County also. Just a little north of Gene.
Greg
Hi Greg.... about six blocks north...long time, no see. LOL
Oregon Okie - Cheyenne is about the same as Leedey...lots of buildings left, but fewer people.
I don't hunt much in the Black Kettle Nat'l Grasslands, but there are maps available that makes finding the areas fairly simple.
Gene
Sorry...duplicate. :knothead:
I live in Boswell, about 20 min east of Durant on Hwy 70.
Russell,
How are you related to Jimmy, Duane, Donald, Frank and the other Harrels? I guess I could ask one of them, but this is a handy way to find out. My brother lives in Milwaukie, OR, just south of Portland. It is a beautiful place, but I'm not leaving Oklahoma except to travel around. There is definitely some great deer and turkey hunting these days around Leedey.
Allan
Allan
I'm an Okie in the early 20th century form. My parents came out from OK during/just after WW II. Migrant farmers, my Mom grew up in a camp outside Bakersfield, and my Dad in it. He worked much of his life in the oil fields. When we'd visit family back in OK, we're called California prune pickers. Out here in CA we're Okies and happy with it.
I am in NE OKlahoma (Rogers CO). I hunt out west some as well. You will enjoy it!
OkKeith
Allan,
Donald is my Uncle. My dad is Jack, the youngest brother of that bunch. So Jimmy, Duane, and Frank are my dad's cousins. If you talk to those guys much, Donald has had a rough turn in his health recently. If you ask 'em about me, they'll place me alot faster if you say Jack's son Russ or Russell...we have a big family :)
You are right about the deer and turkey out there. I like the terrain out there because of all the little washout canyons and such.
Oregn Okie,
I'm up in Woodward. My father is from Camargo.
Man, the world is getting smaller here.
I'm not from Oklahoma but I spent last weekend in Waynoka and even slipped over to Woodward for some lunch.
Different scenery than what I'm used to in N.E. Kansas. Played dodge the road killed Armadillo's on the motorcycle all weekend. Really pretty out west in OK. bretto
bretto...
out west (in OK), we refer to armadillos as "Texas Speed Bumps"
:D
Gene
Russell,
Thanks for letting me know your lineage. I knew that Donald had been having problems with his health. I also know it is not the first time it has happened to him. I hope and pray he regains his health. He and Lomas are a great couple. I don't know your dad Jack, except by name. I will be sure to ask about you when I talk to those in the Harrel clan. I talked to Frank not too long ago and am going to be hog hunting on one of his places this fall. He has lost a lot of weight and was sick too, but he seems to be doing okay at this point. I am a Harrel fan and think very highly of almost everyone in the family.
Allan
Allan.
Sent you a PM.
Russell
NE Corner, about as far as you can get.
Live in Wyandotte area, but closer to Seneca, MO.
Shawnee, do You know Tobacco Bill Zimmerman? He lives just outside of Welch, right on the Neosho River.
used to be an Okie. :(
Hooker, Oklahoma, about 30 minutes away from Guymon. :)
I live west of Tulsa on muddy ol' Lake Keystone.
Should be in Ada, come July.
Hi Gents
Kellyville sw of tulsa.
Creek co.
Ron
Piedmont, Canadian Co.
southern part of OK
Ada (pdk25) look me up when u get to Ada
Will do, horseapple.
In OKC but hunt around Atoka / Stringtown